1961: Emil Véron founds the Rail-Route company and starts off by manufacturing model railways.
1964: The first model cars appear on the market under the Majorette name. Majorette, as the company finally comes to be called from 1967 onwards, quickly becomes France's largest model car manufacturer by revenue. Production is initially in France, then later also moves to Portugal.
1976: First Majorette TV advertisement for die-cast cars.
1980: Majorette acquires Solido, the famous French manufacturer of models for collectors. In the 1980s Majorette enters the lucrative business of advertising models.
1987: Production is moved to Thailand.
1990: In the 1990s light and sound vehicles are introduced into the range for the first time, along with garages.
1992: The company declares insolvency for the first time and in 1993 is acquired by Idéal Loisirs, who in turn are taken over by Triumph-Adler in 1996.
2000: The new millennium sees the range extended with model railways, remote-control vehicles and lots more.
2003: Majorette and Solido are acquired by the Smoby Group who continue both companies as "Smoby Majorette", but in 2007 they once again have to declare themselves insolvent.
2008: French financial investor MI 29 acquires Majorette.
2010: The Majorette brand becomes part of the Simba Dickie Group.
2012: The tsunami destroys the Majorette factory in Thailand. It is rebuilt with new, ultra-modern machines, moulds and tools.
2015: The product range has been virtually completely revised since the Simba Dickie Group takeover. And at the International Toy Fair Majorette showcases a new packaging and point of sale design.